CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Interview

[Ambo94]

Hi everybody!

I was wandering if there was someone who could suggest me how to prepare my self for the Interview at the CAE.

I have already attended to an assessment last March and I got a partial... :ugh:

I am going to retake Interview and Teamwork in July, do you have any HINTS??

Were I can find a nifty web site to learn more about " your general understanding about the airlines business in Europe" or "Materials "to have a basic knowledge of the European Airlines without being ran over by too many details.

[sapperkenno]

"Do you have X thousands of pounds, and are you a low training risk?" is the only real question they need answered, the rest is waffle and pseudo-science that has nothing to do with the real world. The first part of the question being the most important.

[dbowler92]

The above poster is probably correct. If you have and are willing to part with a fortune, you should be okay with the interview.

As for potential resources: Compile a list of your target airlines (Ry, Ez, Flybe, Jet2, etc - Oh, and BA and the like) and have a look at their official estimated annual growth figures and fleet expansion plans. Easy, for example, are predicting a 3-5% annual growth with 135 (?) new A320's on order (They have some power point presentation on the internet for shareholders and the like).

This should be used as research in to your future job prospects (or lack of) too. For example, digging deeper in to the above figures shows that a decent proportion of the shiny new A320's Easy will get in the coming years are replacing retiring aircraft and thus, no extra jobs will required for these aircraft.

Goes without saying I hope, but ensure you critically analyse the sources you find. For example, anything that the FTO's tell you about "Pilot Shortage" should be considered nothing more than marketing spew (They are a hugely biased source. I bet you didn't buy anything that the Russian state funded news agency had to say about Ukraine!)

Also take a look at the "Pilot Shortage" issues in China and the like - how does this affect you? How does the (somewhat) recent upping of the retirement age from 60 to 65 affect you and your prospects? Pay To Fly (not advocating)?

No one is going to give you the golden nugget - you must be prepared to spend an awful lot of time researching this industry and you have to come up with your own reasoned and objective answers.

This assumes you actually care about the state of the industry of course. You won't (although, I don't speak from experience) need this level of depth (you could probably get away with saying "low cost airlines are winning, legacy struggling") since OAA, by rejecting your application, are loosing out on a £90-120k payday. But it is interesting reading nonetheless.

[EZY_FR]

It will be competency based. There is plenty of material on the web on how to prepare for this type of interview. Read up on OAA and why you want to train there. Definitely talk about how you plan to come up with the funds.

[youcanever]

Greetings,

May I ask if you can elaborate this question? I couldn't understand what it means.

"Do you have X thousands of pounds, and are you a low training risk?"

[Cesh]

Hi Ambo94,

How was the interview? What questions were you asked? I have my assessment tomorrow :uhoh:

[wonderland]

1. Do you have money?
2. Are you willing to part with your money?
3. Are you keen in probably never working as a pilot?
4. Do you like Kidlington?
5. Upper Heyford or Langford?

[marcus1290]

Have you ever flown an aeroplane?
Do you enjoy flying an aeroplane?

If you answer 'No' to one or both of the above, you should fit right in at Oxford.

[alexeibutterwick]

I also got a partial but thats becauae i failed the maths. Seems such a shame that i need to wait 3 months just to retake maths, which is free of charge.

Does anyone recommend any good websites for learning the maths??? Need to get in this time round. No excuses

Thanks